Repeatability of measurement in determining stature in sitting and standing postures

Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1076-1085

  Rodacki, C L N ^a   Fowler, N E ^a   Rodacki, A L F ^a   Birch, K ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal length; Spinal measurement; Spinal shrinkage

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STADIOMETERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SITTING; SPINE DISEASE; STANDING; ANTHROPOMETRY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 0035841260     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130110099407     Document Type: Article

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